Maple Leaf Rag (1st section rearranged version)

[dawock1]

An absolute joy to listen to. Very exciting and original.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[clawpicker]

Hello Hamada-san!

Not only do you play exceptionally well you also capture the feel and the groove of the ragtime style which is equally important. I enjoy your videos a lot!

[icqmns]

I like your musik very much! xD you are great!

[RagtimePassion]

ごぶさたしてます！　本日、拙作もリメイクする予定で「気合」を入れるために拝見いた­しました（笑）。スタンスの差異に関係なく、浜田さんのアレンジ­と演奏は＜世界＞最高ですね･･･では、ツアーでお会いするのを­楽しみにしています。チャオ！

[HAMADATakasi]

@RagtimePassion

いえいえ、RagtimePassionさんのアレンジも素晴ら­しいです。

ぜひ、きたる日本ラグタイムクラブのオムニバスにもご参加を！

[tsangj37]

that was really awesome!

I loved your take on the trio it sounded really cool! XD

[JonosTrainVideos]

GREAT!!!!!

[tctebsrules]

nice. I like your style!

[jrtpf]

This is realy wonderfull played!

[HAMADATakasi]

@jrtpf

Thank you!

[elPacaManca]

Love.

[HAMADATakasi]

@elPacaManca

Thanks!

[ddanze]

Hello Hamada-san - very fine octave you have added. If you ever can find Eric Schoenberg playing this (same key, in 1975) you can gain a bit more info. Wish I had a recording of it, there may be one in the Library of Congress.

[HAMADATakasi]

Oh, ddanze-san, thank you very much!

I have Dave Laibman & Eric Schoenberg LP, but couldn't get Eric's solo albums in my school days.

[coparpanzeruser]

I guess you can play it at any speed you like, but Joplin certainly did write it for a slower pace. Nice job with the guitar playing though. This piece is interesting enough on the piano, the guitar must be a real killer---- Hats off to you---

[MrWoodreaux]

This piece was written to be played at a MUCH slower tempo. Ragtime should never be played like background music for a chase scene, which is what you've got here. It should roll gently, not come screaming at you.

[mullinslife09]

Disagree. Listen to Dick Wellstood playing Maple Leaf Rag live on his Live At The Sticky Wicket album. He plays it even faster than this. You lost us at "Ragtime should..." Actually ragtime CAN be played either slow or fast, or somewhere in between. Tempo is determined by what the musician is trying to express.

[Keeper1st]

You apparently know nothing of ragtime. It was precisely the sort of music to come screaming out at you. Why else was it called the Devil's Music and its wild dances banned in many cities? not to mention titles like "The Thriller"/"Sensation"/"Whoa! Nellie!"/"A Cyclone in Darktown" etc. etc. etc.

"Tempo di marcia" is what Joplin notated for Maple Leaf. That means "march tempo". Listen to some Sousa marches for examples of march tempo. For that matter, listen to period recordings of ragtime.

[guitarsville]

これまで、たくさんのMaple Leaf Ragを聴いてきましたが、最高にかっこいいです！

笑顔で弾かれていますが、超絶技巧の連発ですね・・・

[HAMADATakasi]

guitarsville さん、ありがとうございます。

励みになります。

私はこの曲をアレンジした1998年から、一日に１回以上は必ず­弾いているので、単純計算で３千回以上弾いてきたことになります­。でも、この名曲は、何度演奏しても気持ちよさを感じるのです。­

[magnustveiten]

COOL!!!

I love that rag:-)

Scott Joplin rules!!

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

I love it too, even after playing 10 million times.

[earthpet]

I like this guitar version better than any others I have watched on Youtube. I just seems right to me. It has a ragtime feel to it.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you, earthpet -san!

I played this tune (previous version) almost everyday since 1998.

[giorgiopicker]

"sound" ,i meant,

and the open string position at 2:46 and the smile at 2:50 make this clip a masterpiece...

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

I still prefer previous version because its highest barre chord sounds a litte painful, but it's important for me to try it.

Yeah, I think smile is the most important thing to play such a tune!

[giorgiopicker]

grand sond

hard to tell wich arrangement is better...

but it's five stars once again